Shop habit ---Do you boldly mark your pieces?

[wood-chips]

When roughing out, bold dark marks because the parts are always oversized and the lines will be gone.
When final fit lines on light woods are thin and light, on dark woods I try to do the same and try to avoid having any white marker still left on the wood because it's a PITA to remove white on dark woods.

[wing nut]

When roughing out, bold dark marks because the parts are always oversized and the lines will be gone.
When final fit lines on light woods are thin and light, on dark woods I try to do the same and try to avoid having any white marker still left on the wood because it's a PITA to remove white on dark woods.

I use masking tape and mark on that.

[Ray Newman]

I also use tape -- masking or blue painter's. Whatever is right at hand.

[cputnam]

Add me to the tape users club

[wood-chips]

I use masking tape and mark on that.

I often use post-it notes. It's easier to get sharper pencil lines than on masking tape and leaves no residue.

[Terry W]

I use light pencil marks where I can. If the wood is dark, I revert to masking tape and/or blue painter tape.

I was shocked when I once saw a guy use a black sharpie marker. It was Tommy Mac on the  short lived PBS show Rough Cut.

[jstraw]

The older I get, the more boldly I need to mark.

[Paul K. Murphy]

Absolutely. I mark every construction, no exceptions. I use the triangle marking system.

[bhh]

Cabinetmaker's triangle in pencil or white chalk, depending on the task.